A handful of British record stores took the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s new album from their shelves, just weeks after its arrival on Oct. 16, 1968.
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Mention the word “supergroup,” and many rock fans think of big music manufactured by even bigger egos – like, say, Asia’s early-’80s hits. But one
The grunge revolution was in full swing by late 1993, and plenty of established rock acts found it difficult to draw the type of sales
Selling millions of records has helped more than a few artists mellow out, but watching their debut album climb the charts only made Pearl Jam
The Police played their first-ever concert in the U.S., with two late-night sets on Oct. 20, 1978, at New York City’s famous CBGB. Their debut
In the early ’80s, Sting was not at home in Britain. He was at GoldenEye, home of James Bond author Ian Fleming, on the northern
“Thank you,” Frank Zappa told the Saturday Night Live audience on Oct. 21, 1978 as his first guest host spot began. “And remember I’m reading this
Unlike the marathon session that produced most of the Beatles’ first album, the follow-up was recorded during a series of dates in the summer and
A year before Mike Oldfield released Tubular Bells, his 1973 instrumental masterpiece, even his own label was wary of its promise. As Oldfield recalled to Guitar Player in
An album heralded as a return from Bob Dylan’s born-again proselytizing, the Mark Knopfler-produced Infidels began Bob Dylan’s journey back toward mainstream music making — and it may